Research Tiers

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So a friend and I are working on a mod, and he came up with the crazy idea to create "late game research" that would require more than the standard 8 research centers. I told him it wouldn't work because I was betting the number of tiers and the research stations associated with those tiers was hard coded. I.E. if I entered a tier value of '8' in (level 8 research is tier 7 in the files) I expect that game to crash. So my question is, is this hard coded or not? If not, how many theoretical tiers can I have? If it is, is there a way to change it, i.e. something in the game constants file or something similar.

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

not sure,i was wondering this myself i geuss it might be possible if you add to those lines in the gameplay constants file

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

You also got to consider that there is no room to add more pics of upgrades after a while.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

I have not tried what you are saying but I am re organizing my research. 

The is only so many positions to place the research

researchWindowLocation
 block 0
     pos [ 7 , 3 ]   <---- 7 is the last row
     ResearchField "Diplomacy"
 Prerequisites
 NumResearchPrerequisites 1
     ResearchPrerequisite
         Subject "RESEARCHSUBJECT_PACTUNLOCK_STRIKECRAFT"
         Level 1

Try to make a ResearchPrerequisite thats in row 7 and put the new one under. Still 8 labs but needs more research. like the planet cannon.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

im pretty sure that he meant making it so that subjects use more then 8 labs

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

fredled is right; I'm wanting research to require more labs. We'd essentially create a new window after diplomacy specifically for this research. I'm not wanting to go further right on the screen, but instead require more labs than 8. I mean, after you conquer three to four planets, you have all your labs, and then just que up all your research and wait for it to finish, and then go kick everyone else off the block. We're aiming at making research late in the game viable by requiring numerous labs.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Check the game constants file: you can change how many labs each tier requires, but not the total number of tiers.

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

I'll have to look into that. I looked at the file, and I'm betting you're right that tiers can't be added. At least that gives me a little something I can play with if I wanted to. Thanks for the assistance guys!